Background
Block, Melvin August was born on July 2, 1921 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of August William and Alma (Klutey) Block.
Block, Melvin August was born on July 2, 1921 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of August William and Alma (Klutey) Block.
Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1953.
Intern, Indiana U. Medical Center, 1945; resident, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1948-1954; department chairman surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1975-1979; department chairman surgery, Scripps Clinic Medical Group, La Jolla, California, 1980-1987; clinical professor surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 1970-1980; clinical professor surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical School, 1980-1993.
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1945-1947. Fellow Royal College Surgeons Canada. Member American College of Surgeons (past governor), American, Central, Western (past president) surgical associations, American Thyroid Association, American Gastroenterology Association, Society Surgical Alimentary Tract, Society Head and Neck Surgeons, Society Internationale de Chirurgie, American Medical Association, California, San Diego County medical societies, Academy Surgical Detroit (past president), Detroit Surgical Society (past president), International Association Endocrine Surgeons, American Association Endocrine Surgeons, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Marcia Jean Jacobs, May 28, 1955. Children: Deborah Ann, Christopher Reed.